{Spam?} [WarInEur] France 1940 and changing French unit strength- Addendum

[kelvinwstevens at optusnet.com.au]

The former Governor of New South Wales won his Victoria Cross fighting the French in Syria.



> SGMINFO at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 13/01/2008 02:38:51 GMT Standard Time, emu at fwi.net.au 
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> writes:
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> Lets  just get over this fantasy please.  The French were not going to  
> fight
> with the Germans just because the Brits abandoned  them.
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> Interesting...
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> The French did fight the British is several instances, and successfully, 
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> notably in Madagascar, defeating a British attempt at landings. These  
> experiences led directly to the proposition that the Americans should 
> lead the  assault 
> in North Africa. The allied planners were not prepared to gamble on the  
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> Brtish initial presence tripping off a full scale fight with Vichy. If 
> our  
> planners at the time felt that this was a serious risk...
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>  
> -|steve|-
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